NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Sports Illustrated will feature a model wearing a hijab for the first time in its SI Swimsuit issue.
The Somali-American model, Halima Aden, who spent the first seven years of her life in a refugee camp in northeastern Kenya will wear a hijab and burkini in the photo spread.
"I never really felt represented because I never could flip through a magazine and see a girl who was wearing a hijab." Aden said.
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"I never really felt represented because I never could flip through a magazine and see a girl who was wearing a hijab." #ShatteringPerceptions pic.twitter.com/EtNfpszcmy
— Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (@SI_Swimsuit) April 29, 2019This year SI also features 45-year-old Tyra Banks, who in 1997, was first African-American model to be on the cover.
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